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While thumbing through the various abilities available to adepts, Missile Mastery and Power Throw in particular caught my eye. It sparked a desire to create a character themed after Mikoto Misaka from A Certain Scientific Railgun, using nuyen as ammo, among various other things lying about.

So, Restricted Gear to obtain Synaptic Booster (3). Along with that I picked up Synthacardium (3) and Muscle Augmentation (1) to bring me down to an even 4 Essence. I had to use all 50BP for starting nuyen and had to also pick up a few ranks of In Debt to cover the remainder. This left me with only 3,000¥ remaining to throw around on gear. Lined Coat with a Helmet sounded fine and Glasses with Vision Magnification and a low end Commlink along with a Fake SIN finished off my funds. That makes me a Squatter.

So, onto the Adept concept.

I picked up Missile Mastery which allows me to use anything lying around as a lethal weapon. Do all of these still incur improvised penalties?

In Throwing Weapon skill, can I specialize in improvised or do I have to pick a specific item, like specifically Nuyen?

I made her Ambidextrous as well, and have the Quick Draw adept ability, which brings up a whole other topic.

When I quick draw with the adept ability, I ready two throwing weapons as my Agility allows. The Quick Draw description says if the attack is a Simple Action, which Throw Weapon is, that I can attack twice. Does this mean I can Quick Draw my right hand, ready 2 coins into it and throw both? If I quick drawed both hands, could I throw four coins per Simple Action (2 from each hand), up to 8 coins per phase? This is the part that really confuses me.

EDIT: The part above I figured out. I misread it. I can only get up to 4 coins per Action Phase if I use both hands. But the rest I still need answers to.

If I'm missing any interesting things that could expand on my character or stuff that can simply do it better, let me know as well. I'm new at this.

Thank you ahead of time.

This post has been edited by Railgun: May 29 2010, 11:15 PM
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- Railgun   New Player (Throwing Adept Concept)   May 29 2010, 10:55 PM
- - koogco   QUOTE (Railgun @ May 30 2010, 12:55 AM) T...   May 29 2010, 11:15 PM
|- - Railgun   QUOTE (koogco @ May 29 2010, 06:15 PM) An...   May 29 2010, 11:27 PM
|- - Karoline   QUOTE (Railgun @ May 29 2010, 06:27 PM) I...   May 30 2010, 02:49 AM
|- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   QUOTE (Karoline @ May 29 2010, 08:49 PM) ...   May 30 2010, 02:54 AM
- - WorkOver   Just to warn you, many of my players have tried th...   May 29 2010, 11:26 PM
|- - Railgun   QUOTE (WorkOver @ May 29 2010, 06:26 PM) ...   May 29 2010, 11:35 PM
||- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   QUOTE (Railgun @ May 29 2010, 04:35 PM) B...   May 30 2010, 02:33 AM
|- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   QUOTE (WorkOver @ May 29 2010, 04:26 PM) ...   May 30 2010, 02:30 AM
|- - WorkOver   QUOTE (Tymeaus Jalynsfein @ May 29 2010, 09...   May 31 2010, 03:08 AM
|- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   QUOTE (WorkOver @ May 30 2010, 08:08 PM) ...   May 31 2010, 04:24 AM
|- - WorkOver   QUOTE (Tymeaus Jalynsfein @ May 30 2010, 11...   Jun 1 2010, 02:01 AM
|- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   QUOTE (WorkOver @ May 31 2010, 07:01 PM) ...   Jun 1 2010, 03:32 AM
||- - Railgun   QUOTE (Tymeaus Jalynsfein @ May 31 2010, 09...   Jun 1 2010, 03:53 AM
||- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   QUOTE (Railgun @ May 31 2010, 08:53 PM) T...   Jun 1 2010, 03:56 AM
||- - WorkOver   QUOTE (Railgun @ May 31 2010, 10:53 PM) T...   Jun 3 2010, 12:08 PM
||- - Mäx   QUOTE (WorkOver @ Jun 3 2010, 02:08 PM) N...   Jun 3 2010, 01:11 PM
||- - Shinobi Killfist   QUOTE (Mäx @ Jun 3 2010, 09:11 AM) Not r...   Jun 3 2010, 05:45 PM
||- - Mäx   QUOTE (Shinobi Killfist @ Jun 3 2010, 07...   Jun 3 2010, 05:59 PM
||- - Shinobi Killfist   QUOTE (Mäx @ Jun 3 2010, 01:59 PM) yes t...   Jun 3 2010, 06:13 PM
||- - Mäx   QUOTE (Shinobi Killfist @ Jun 3 2010, 08...   Jun 3 2010, 06:21 PM
||- - Caadium   QUOTE (Mäx @ Jun 3 2010, 11:21 AM) HU...   Jun 3 2010, 06:48 PM
||- - Abschalten   QUOTE (Caadium @ Jun 3 2010, 02:48 PM) To...   Aug 15 2010, 10:00 PM
|- - Railgun   QUOTE (WorkOver @ May 31 2010, 08:01 PM) ...   Jun 1 2010, 03:36 AM
|- - Mäx   QUOTE (WorkOver @ Jun 1 2010, 04:01 AM) B...   Jun 1 2010, 07:20 AM
- - koogco   As WorkOver said, throwing stuff should never be y...   May 29 2010, 11:40 PM
|- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   QUOTE (koogco @ May 29 2010, 04:40 PM) As...   May 30 2010, 02:36 AM
- - JoelHalpern   I tend to link the throwing adept. Yes, the throw...   May 30 2010, 02:37 AM
- - Karoline   P.S. I really like the idea of this character, and...   May 30 2010, 02:57 AM
|- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   QUOTE (Karoline @ May 29 2010, 08:57 PM) ...   May 30 2010, 03:03 AM
- - Flowman   I tried making one of these characters before. I g...   May 30 2010, 03:12 AM
|- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   QUOTE (Flowman @ May 29 2010, 09:12 PM) I...   May 30 2010, 03:14 AM
- - General Pax   I understand the appeal of the concept, but it rea...   May 30 2010, 03:24 AM
|- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   QUOTE (General Pax @ May 29 2010, 08:24 P...   May 30 2010, 02:42 PM
- - Karoline   Thought penetrating strike and nerve strike were a...   May 30 2010, 03:54 AM
- - LFG   Fun concept. I'd consider going the manufactu...   May 30 2010, 03:55 AM
- - TheMidnightHobo   It seems like this concept is more popular than I ...   May 30 2010, 04:26 AM
|- - Whipstitch   QUOTE (TheMidnightHobo @ May 29 2010, 11...   May 30 2010, 04:53 AM
- - Railgun   Thanks for the advice and responses. They have be...   May 30 2010, 04:45 AM
- - Railgun   The specialization thing does have me wondering. ...   May 30 2010, 05:03 AM
- - Whipstitch   It shouldn't really be pushing it as long as h...   May 30 2010, 05:14 AM
- - Banaticus   Ok, the concept is thrown weapons. That's goi...   May 30 2010, 08:48 AM
- - Whipstitch   I genuinely consider distance strike to be one of ...   May 31 2010, 02:34 AM
|- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   QUOTE (Whipstitch @ May 30 2010, 07:34 PM...   May 31 2010, 02:47 AM
|- - Shinobi Killfist   QUOTE (Whipstitch @ May 30 2010, 10:34 PM...   Jun 2 2010, 03:48 AM
- - Whipstitch   QUOTE (Tymeaus Jalynsfein @ May 30 2010, 09...   May 31 2010, 03:25 AM
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|- - Whipstitch   QUOTE (Yerameyahu @ May 31 2010, 09:15 PM...   Jun 1 2010, 03:18 AM
- - 10gauge   Just built an Adept a few days ago and use it now ...   Jun 1 2010, 02:21 AM
|- - MatrixMickey   QUOTE (10gauge @ May 31 2010, 09:21 PM) J...   Jun 1 2010, 03:36 AM
|- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   QUOTE (10gauge @ May 31 2010, 07:21 PM) J...   Jun 1 2010, 03:36 AM
||- - 10gauge   QUOTE (MatrixMickey @ Jun 1 2010, 05:36 A...   Jun 1 2010, 11:42 AM
||- - Mäx   QUOTE (10gauge @ Jun 1 2010, 01:42 PM) We...   Jun 1 2010, 11:57 AM
||- - 10gauge   QUOTE (Mäx @ Jun 1 2010, 01:57 PM) That ...   Jun 1 2010, 12:25 PM
||- - Mäx   QUOTE (10gauge @ Jun 1 2010, 02:25 PM) On...   Jun 1 2010, 12:42 PM
|- - Shinobi Killfist   QUOTE (10gauge @ May 31 2010, 10:21 PM) J...   Jun 2 2010, 04:04 AM
|- - 10gauge   QUOTE (Shinobi Killfist @ Jun 2 2010, 06...   Jun 2 2010, 04:12 PM
- - MatrixMickey   Apples and oranges versus walnuts and peanuts If ...   Jun 1 2010, 03:34 AM
|- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   QUOTE (MatrixMickey @ May 31 2010, 08:34 ...   Jun 1 2010, 03:49 AM
|- - Railgun   QUOTE (MatrixMickey @ May 31 2010, 09:34 ...   Jun 1 2010, 04:01 AM
|- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   QUOTE (Railgun @ May 31 2010, 09:01 PM) T...   Jun 1 2010, 04:08 AM
|- - Banaticus   QUOTE (Tymeaus Jalynsfein @ May 31 2010, 08...   Jun 1 2010, 05:49 AM
- - Railgun   I hope the situation never arises, but during my c...   Jun 1 2010, 04:26 AM
|- - Caadium   QUOTE (Railgun @ May 31 2010, 08:26 PM) I...   Jun 2 2010, 04:39 AM
|- - Shinobi Killfist   QUOTE (Caadium @ Jun 1 2010, 11:39 PM) Th...   Jun 2 2010, 04:58 AM
|- - Caadium   QUOTE (Shinobi Killfist @ Jun 1 2010, 08...   Jun 2 2010, 05:06 AM
- - Karoline   As other's have stated, one of the largest pro...   Jun 1 2010, 04:30 AM
- - Elfenlied   Playing a Ghoul Troll Kind of defeats the Point of...   Jun 1 2010, 07:37 AM
- - svenftw   We have a player in our group that plays a throwin...   Jun 1 2010, 03:33 PM
- - Yerameyahu   It's really not a question of beating SMGs any...   Jun 3 2010, 07:05 PM
|- - Caadium   QUOTE (Yerameyahu @ Jun 3 2010, 12:05 PM)...   Jun 3 2010, 07:31 PM
- - Nifft   Since the throwing adept "tops out" so q...   Jun 3 2010, 08:53 PM
|- - Makki   QUOTE (Nifft @ Jun 3 2010, 10:53 PM) Sinc...   Jun 3 2010, 09:10 PM
- - Whipstitch   Athletics+Unarmed works well because you can often...   Jun 3 2010, 09:28 PM
- - Shinobi Killfist   It is not a bad idea to go vision enhancement if y...   Aug 15 2010, 10:09 PM
|- - Abschalten   QUOTE (Shinobi Killfist @ Aug 15 2010, 06...   Aug 15 2010, 11:04 PM
- - Badmoodguy88   Well I guess the true upper limit comes from addin...   Aug 16 2010, 02:53 AM
- - Yerameyahu   As soon as you mention the words 'possession s...   Aug 16 2010, 02:57 AM
- - Badmoodguy88   yeah.. Someone with a natural max strength of 13 p...   Aug 16 2010, 03:09 AM
- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   Besides, Possession does not raise your Natural Ma...   Aug 16 2010, 03:12 AM
- - Badmoodguy88   OK then how about some River City Ransom with Jave...   Aug 16 2010, 04:31 AM
|- - Caadium   QUOTE (Badmoodguy88 @ Aug 15 2010, 08:31 ...   Aug 19 2010, 10:33 PM
- - Whipstitch   Metahumans are already represented in both the mel...   Aug 16 2010, 05:23 PM
- - X-Kalibur   You mean... Quickdraw (0.5PP)?   Aug 19 2010, 10:47 PM
|- - Caadium   QUOTE (X-Kalibur @ Aug 19 2010, 02:4...   Aug 19 2010, 11:37 PM
- - Badmoodguy88   QUOTE If you have Power Throw and Missile Mastery ...   Aug 19 2010, 11:25 PM
- - X-Kalibur   Power Throw " This power adds +2 to the chara...   Aug 19 2010, 11:27 PM
- - Badmoodguy88   Metahuman Body Short range (STR – BOD)/2 Medium ...   Aug 19 2010, 11:42 PM
- - X-Kalibur   Oops, you got me there! You could just rule th...   Aug 19 2010, 11:48 PM
- - Yerameyahu   Just don't use bodies, weirdo. They're sq...   Aug 20 2010, 12:00 AM
- - Badmoodguy88   Yes but logically they hurt the person you hit and...   Aug 20 2010, 12:36 AM
- - phlapjack77   QUOTE (Caadium @ Jun 4 2010, 02:48 AM) .....   Aug 20 2010, 02:48 AM
- - Badmoodguy88   It apparently is in the errata but I have not read...   Aug 20 2010, 03:06 AM
- - Shinobi Killfist   Yes it is in the errata. Weirdly critical strike ...   Aug 20 2010, 04:50 AM
- - Shinobi Killfist   Side note after seeing the expendables I am thinki...   Aug 20 2010, 04:52 AM
- - phlapjack77   Need to see that... The movie that comes to mind ...   Aug 20 2010, 05:02 AM
- - rofltehcat   What about grenades? Are there any that detonate o...   Aug 20 2010, 09:36 AM
|- - Mäx   QUOTE (rofltehcat @ Aug 20 2010, 11:36 AM...   Aug 20 2010, 09:51 AM
- - rofltehcat   Then... throwing normal explosives? Or are they wo...   Aug 20 2010, 10:00 AM


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